Global Alternatives Associate Global Transportation Group London

The Global Alternatives Group (Global Alts) a division of J.P. Morgan Asset Management comprised of Real Estate Infrastructure Transportation (GTG) Private Equity Private Credit Liquid Alternatives and Hedge Fund Strategies has approximately $168 billion of assets under management. With over700 professionals worldwide and over 40 years of experience Global Alts is a trusted advisor to the worlds most respected corporations governments institutions and high net worth investors.
Global Alts has offices throughout the world with primary locations in: New York London Paris Frankfurt Hong Kong Bangalore Chicago Los Angeles and Singapore. Our philosophy is soundly built on a fiduciary perspective one in which we align the interests of our clients our firm and our people.

The JPMAM Global Alternatives Global Transportation Group is seeking to recruit a Londonbased highly motivated results oriented professional with strong corporate finance and analytical skills as well as high personal standards. TheAssociate will be involved in all aspects of the teams activities including providing support for new transactions managing the existing portfolio client support financial analysis/modelling industry analysis investor and internal reporting managing controls and policies due diligence and other related tasks as part of a closeknit multidisciplinary team.

Job responsibilities

Provide support during the deal origination process from a qualitative and quantitative perspective.
Draft presentations for internal and external clients.
Perform analytics for internal and external clients.
Provide credit and risk analysis as well as periodic portfolio reviews.
Assist in the onboarding and monitoring of longterm project finance and loans.
Conduct investment vehicle ongoing operating and cost performance analysis for internal and external consumption.
Coordinate with support functions across IT corporate secretarial controller treasury structuring and product development teams to ensure smooth transaction .
Participate in the investment due diligence processes.
Coordinate with a range of external parties including fund administrators portfolio companies and third party technical managers.
Evaluate new vendors for cost effectiveness and help manage Group profitability.
Espouse an efficiency mindset in all activities and actively search for ways to enhance Group productivity (through adoption of technology or process reengineering).
Work as part of an integrated team delivering an exceptionally highquality and finished work product to senior team members with limited oversight.
Manage the timing and sequencing of deliverables in order to meet tight deadlines.

Required Qualifications Capabilities and Skills:

Experience within Investment Banking Management Consulting Asset Management and/or Corporate Finance required.
Robust knowledge of financial modelling and strong quantitative analytical skills plus accounting is critical.
Extremely high level of attention to detail essential.
Must be able to communicate effectively and build relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders including business support functions investment team members external vendors and third party intermediaries due diligence providers brokers lawyers etc.
Strong written and verbal communication skills: ability to develop clear concise written analyses.
Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously across multiple time zones.
Proficient in MS Office applications and working knowledge of databases and reference sources.
Masters Degree from a globallyrecognised institutionor equivalent work experience.

Preferred Qualifications Capabilities and Skills

• Experience in transportation infrastructure or project finance sectors preferred.
• Fluency in at least one foreign language (in addition to English) will be viewed favourably especially French Spanish German or Chinese (Mandarin).